I remember another time growing up in Cabarrus County, that involved my Daddy being in a dangerous situation.
If I were to write a nursery rhyme about a garrulous geezer on a fruitful foray with his giddy granddaughters, it would go like this: "Punny P…
is not a date Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is likely to forget anytime soon. Some of the most iconic and biggest spending brands in American l…
Wear your damn masks, because my child needs to go to school this fall. It's been approximately 3,839 days of quarantine, and I'm in a pretty …
Keep your hands visible. Don't be disrespectful. Say "yes sir, no sir." No sudden movements. These are the instructions inherited by Black chi…
Everyone knew what would happen. Coronavirus cases spiked after millions of people throughout the United States flooded shops and restaurants …
I spent a week in Hawaii several decades ago. And even though it wasn’t my first visit, it was without a doubt the most memorable. Unfortunate…
Jazz trumpeter Wynton Marsalis tells the story of Louis Armstrong, New Orleans’ smiling ambassador of the music invented in that city, leaving…
rhollifield@mcdowellnews.comThis is an uncertain summertime. Social distancing is a drag. It’s hot. We’re stressed.
During March 2012, Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia addressed undergraduates at Wesleyan University and had some interesting words regardi…
Independence Day is one of the most important holidays in our country, as we commemorate the founding of our nation and all those who have sac…
As a child, I have no memory of seeing a person of color in Lakewood, Ohio, the small town where I grew up. Everyone in my church and school w…
Gosh, it feels like I just wrote about this not too long ago. You know, the part about us being captive in our own dwellings, places closed, a…
The uncooperative attitudes some are currently exhibiting brings back memories of North Carolina’s history of recalcitrance.
"DC should be a state. Pass it on." That's the message supporters of D.C. statehood pushed on social media late last week as the U.S. House of…
Donald Trump is responsible for a fair amount of badness in the 3 { years he's served as president of the United States: Dismantling and denig…
Years ago, I was given a gospel tract, “The Five Assurances of God,” written by Bill Bright, the founder of Campus Crusade for Christ. This do…
When it comes to COVID-19, a college campus is like a cruise ship, a cinema multiplex and a restaurant all rolled into one. Yet many U.S. inst…
Commentators have been busy trying to discern what Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. was up to when he joined the Supreme Court's four liberal…
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Right about now, the state and county fair season would normally be in full swing. For the elephants and camels who are forced to plod in endl…
The story surfaced like one of those trial balloons we're used to seeing out of political offices and campaigns - Republican insiders telling …
Do college sports programs represent a racist oppression of Black student athletes?
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COVID-19 has stricken our nation's jails and prisons, leading to tens of thousands of sickened inmates and more than 500 deaths. In response, …
The effectiveness of DNA testing and searches of the national DNA database is well-known. Over the last three decades, 137 wrongly convicted p…
The federal government's response to COVID-19 has been haphazard, mismanaged and ultimately deadly. Yet the Trump administration is trumpeting…
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